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With her money dwindling, elderly Miss Amelia faces leaving her cherished Georgia home for a house in Jerusalem offered by her companion Maybelline. Recurring childhood memories unsettle her, drawing old prejudices and unresolved experiences into the present.

Pet, an elderly Black woman, recounts the intertwined histories of three white women she has served and known throughout her life. Determined to preserve their stories, she reveals the family secrets, losses, and loyalties that bind them.

In a small Georgia town, Sophie finds unexpected companionship with Mr. Oto, a Japanese newcomer carrying secrets of his own. Their growing attachment faces suspicion and hostility when the attack on Pearl Harbor transforms his precarious position.

Fourteen-year-old Dove and her young stepmother Crystal struggle to keep three children together after family tragedies. Threatened by a custody dispute, they flee to Swan Place, where a community of Black women offers shelter and support.

Lonely young Jordan finds companionship when Pansy, newly released from prison, becomes a caregiver for her step-grandmother, Miss Amylee. Despite their different ages and histories, the three form bonds that challenge isolation and create an unexpected family.

When Sweet's marriage to a retired judge exposes his bullying and designs on her property, her bird-watching friends decide to intervene. The respectable Georgia matrons wrestle with manners and morality while plotting a decidedly impolite solution.

Young Jessica spends Christmas with Southern relatives and hears about a gift passed around the family for decades. Another relative knows a different history, revealing how memories, loyalty and racial divisions shape the stories families preserve.

An abandoned boy grows up in 1920s Florida under the care of two women determined to shield him from painful family secrets. His first love brings those hidden histories closer, challenging the protective world built around him.

Lula has worked for elderly Miss Minnie through years of social change. When her employer imagines an unwelcome presence that threatens Lula’s job, she turns the lingering conventions of segregation to her own advantage.

A stalled hurricane unleashes devastating flooding across South Georgia. Amid the destruction, a restless teenage girl’s longing to escape mirrors the turmoil around her, connecting the storm’s physical consequences with her own unsettled emotions.

A rural Southern family faces conflict as racial attitudes change during the 1960s. This short story brings the upheaval of that decade into the intimate setting of family life.

Winifred cannot bear the thought of losing her cherished son to marriage. As his wedding approaches, her determination to keep him for herself leads to increasingly outrageous attempts to stop the ceremony from happening.

Meeting her new great-grandchild awakens a disturbing memory for elderly Miss Allie. Confusing the baby with a doll, she slips into the woods, where her failing memory places a vulnerable new life in danger.